John Gregory (1548 - aft. 1617)

Born 1548 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alicia (Unknown) Gregory — married 1579 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Descendants

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Biography

Gregory Pedigree (1677)

John Gregory is estimated to have been born between 1548 and 1556 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. He is reputed to have lived in Broughton Sulney, Nottinghamshire, England, but there are no records there before 1611. ^[1]

John Gregory, son of Thomas and Dorothy (Beeston) Gregory, married Alice _____ and lived in Broughton Sulney.^[2][3]

John was a yeoman, born say 1550; died after his wife Alice who died in 1617^[4]

Death Unknown

John's death is unknown, although he was still living in 1617, when his wife Alice was buried.

Ancestral files and Internet trees claim that he was buried July 1637 in Norwalk, Connecticut, having died during the Pequot Wars at the age of 89 (b.c. 1548).^[5] The July 1637 date is probably based on a confusion with the date of death of his son Michael (whose will was proved on 29 Jul 1637).

Norwalk, Connecticut, did not exist as a political entity in 1637, but there was activity in the coastal area of Connecticut during the Pequot War. There are no definitive lists of men who fought or who were killed. So proving/disproving the statement above is not a possibility. None of the considerable "sources" for Henry and his family says anything about the death of John, other than he was living in 1617, when his wife Alice was buried. None make any indication that he left England. He is not mentioned in the early Connecticut or Massachusetts Colony records. There aren't any confirmed dates but estimating very conservatively he was not born after 1580 and much more likely about 1550. He would be between 60 and 90 in 1637, a little old for running through the woods chasing Native Americans.

There is a newer book that was also used to source the 1637 death: Nathan Gregory, Gregory Family Origins: Stories of the Gregory Families of Colonial Virginia and their moves to Kentucky, Missouri and Points West ( October 7, 2014), p 11.

The book is not available. If someone has a copy, a look-up would be appreiciated. B-404 17:12, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Children

John and Alice had children:

• Michael (possibly); m. 4 Feb 1603 Margery Marshall. He was a glover in Nottingham. Will proved 29 July 1637^[6]
• William Gregory, alderman of Nottingham, d. 1650; m. Anna Jackson.^[2][6]
• John.^[2] had a son John.^[6]
• Edward, no issue.^[2][6]
• Henry Gregory who went to New England..^[2][6]
• Elizabeth (probably) m. 16 Sep 1611 Michael Smaley. She was buried 12 July 1612 at St. Lukes, the same day her twins were baptized.^[6]
• Winifred buried 20 Dec 1614, St. Lukes Upper Broughton.^[6]

Coat of arms

Gregory of Highhurst: Party per pale Argent and azure,
2 lions rampant endorsed counterchanged.

Party per pale Argent and azure, 2 lions rampant endorsed counterchanged.

The family of Gregory of Nottingham was a younger branch of the family of Gregory of Highurst.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ John Insley Coddington, Some Ancestors of Henry Gregory: Worsley and Parr, 38+ Volumes (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist (TAG)), Vol 38: pp 171-174. Rec. Date: 16 Nov 2015. Cit. Date: 16 Nov 2015
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Thoroton, Robert. The antiquities of Nottinghamshire extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities : beautified with maps, prospects, and portraictures. (London: 1677) [pp 497, 498]
3. ↑ “The Gregory Family.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 23. 1869. p. 306 Google link Archive link
4. ↑ John Insley Coddington, Some Ancestors of Henry Gregory: Worsley and Parr, New Haven: The American Genealogist (TAG), Volume 38 pp 171-174 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
5. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), June 1998 (c), data as of 5 Jan 1998
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Gregory, Grant. Ancestors and descendants of Henry Gregory. (Provincetown, Mass., The Compiler, 1938.) p. 17
7. ↑ Gregory, Grant. Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Gregory (1938): page 26.

See also:

• N. Grier Parke II, edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and His Wife, Arabella Bosworth, Woodstock VT: The Elm Tree Press, 1960, pp 228-230 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062958764;view=2up;seq=300